Aptly called “Friday of the Land,” This week’s demonstration in Nabi Saleh commemorated Land Day, recalling 6 Palestinians killed by Israeli police in army while protesting land expropriation in the Galilee in 1976. Villagers accompanies by Israeli and international activists, including a Brazilian delegation, marched towards the al-Qaws spring, which was expropriated for the use…
Days before the annual commemoration of Land Day, Jaffa-based activists left a graffiti on wall surrounding one of the city’s most notable buildings, known as the ‘green house.’ The graffiti reminds passers by that this used to be the home of Shaykh Ali before the Nakba (the catastrophe of 1948, when most Palestinians were forced…
This Friday’s demonstration was titled “Palestine is our mother and our freedom is our dignity” commemorating mother’s day, as well as the 46th anniversary of the Battle of Karameh, in which the Fateh resistance fighters defeated the IDF. Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists, marched from the centre of Ramallah-district village of Nabi…
Titled “the Wrath of the Martyrs,” the weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh marked the escalation of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza strip, that claimed the lives of several men this past week. Protesters, Palestinians, Israeli and international activists, marched from Martyrs’ Square, at the centre of…
Marking international women’s day, Israeli activists from the Coalition of Women for Peace staged a show of solidarity with women (and men) in besieged Gaza, using light sticks to form a call to Free Gaza in front of the Erez checkpoint and overlooking Beit Hanoun. …
Honoring Mu’taz Washaha from Bir Zeit, an activist murdered by the IOF a week prior, Palestinians and solidarity activists marched from Martyrs’ Square at the centre of Nabi Saleh towards the main road. Marking also international women’s day, prominent female protesters also confronted the soldiers who attempted to brutally disperse the march. One woman was…
Hundreds in Hebron marked today the 20th anniversary to the Baruch Goldstein massacre in the Ibrahimi mosque. At dawn of 25 February, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a settler and a physician, opened fire on hundreds of Muslim worshippers at the mosque, killing 29 of them. Subsequently, the IDF closed Shuhada street, previously a lively commercial centre…
On Valentine’s day, Palestinians and solidarity activists, Israeli and international, marched from Nabi Saleh’s main square. Under the banner “Palestine my love” protesters marched towards the village’s expropriated spring and surrounding fields. The IDF responded with barrages of tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets. No major injuries reported. If you like my work, please…
The morning after the violent assualt and subsequent eviction of Ein Hijleh, Palestinian and international activists staged a protest against the occupation and apartheid wall. The IDF responded with barrages of tear gas. However, when a tear gas canister detonated inside a military jeep, soldiers suffocated and fell ill, eventually leaving the area. …
Jaffa-based activists welcome Samer al-‘Issawi, the former political prisoner and hunger striker, recently released from Israeli prison. ‘Issawi was received at the city’s historic clock tower square, where activists staged daily vigils calling for his release over an extended period of time. He was then taken on a walking tour of the city, as local…
